Intake Form Critique
Intake Form Critique
Kimberlee Frisosky
SWG 510: Foundations of Practice I
Arizona State University
Introduction
This is the intake used at Pathways Human Services of Florida, generally just known as “Pathways.” This is the company with whom I am doing my work variance internship. I wanted to complete the intake critique at my internship because their intake packet could use a great deal of improvement. Also, because I work for this company beyond my internship, I have a vested interest in helping them improve their documentation.
This intake is separated into two packets. The document that includes questions pertaining to a client’s symptoms and history is an electronic document. The documents pertaining to privacy, general information, and different consent forms are all paper. The fact that this intake is half electronic and half on paper is something that clinicians at Pathways have always been displeased with. No one is sure why there is this separation, however I have attached the scanned documents at the bottom of the electronic portion of the intake.
Does it ask all of the necessary questions to determine the client’s …show more content…
It can be difficult to read because the format is often hard to follow. Also, as previously mentioned, the formatting can become a mess if one attempts to add more information, remove something that may not be necessary, or make any other alteration to the format. Clinicians become very agitated when they are required to spend valuable time attempting to fix this formatting during an intake. Overall, the document needs to be properly aligned, the headings should be cohesive and obvious, the punctuation should not be so sporadic, bolded font should not simply appear in random places, check boxes and signature lines should be appropriately placed, and the spacing should be logical. If these issues were resolved, the intake packet would be much easier to
Kimberlee Frisosky
SWG 510: Foundations of Practice I
Arizona State University
Introduction
This is the intake used at Pathways Human Services of Florida, generally just known as “Pathways.” This is the company with whom I am doing my work variance internship. I wanted to complete the intake critique at my internship because their intake packet could use a great deal of improvement. Also, because I work for this company beyond my internship, I have a vested interest in helping them improve their documentation.
This intake is separated into two packets. The document that includes questions pertaining to a client’s symptoms and history is an electronic document. The documents pertaining to privacy, general information, and different consent forms are all paper. The fact that this intake is half electronic and half on paper is something that clinicians at Pathways have always been displeased with. No one is sure why there is this separation, however I have attached the scanned documents at the bottom of the electronic portion of the intake.
Does it ask all of the necessary questions to determine the client’s …show more content…
It can be difficult to read because the format is often hard to follow. Also, as previously mentioned, the formatting can become a mess if one attempts to add more information, remove something that may not be necessary, or make any other alteration to the format. Clinicians become very agitated when they are required to spend valuable time attempting to fix this formatting during an intake. Overall, the document needs to be properly aligned, the headings should be cohesive and obvious, the punctuation should not be so sporadic, bolded font should not simply appear in random places, check boxes and signature lines should be appropriately placed, and the spacing should be logical. If these issues were resolved, the intake packet would be much easier to